A boy lives here.

Parker's Artwork

Front: Family Photo

(Notice how Keith, Parker, & Darcy all have mohawks and I am 3 times as big as anyone else)

Back: A drawing of our backyard (it's the fence & grass)

Ring Tailed Lemur

Thanks to Wild Kratts and their Madigascar series, Parker is obsessed with Ring Tailed Lemurs.

Parker's Art Show

Parker's class had an Artwalk.  They set up their room like a gallery then invited all the parents & other classes to come through and see their art.  The kids got to sit by their art and explain it to everyone who came it.  It was very fun for the adults, Parker told me "It was boring to sit by my painting", so maybe the kids not so much.

Parker's Artwork ~ Family Photo

...Mama looks kind of cranky.

Parker's Artwork - 2014-2015 School Year

I'm working on our photo album, so I'm finally catching up on documenting Parker's artwork.  All these are from last year:

His writing has sure come a long way in the last year!

Parker and his "team":

Every afternoon, they would build a big set with the blocks, then teacher Jo would have to take a picture for their album.

Do you like how he drew me as a small dog?  Lovely...

I find it hilarious that Anya made it onto Parker's Friends sheet, I don't think I saw him play with her once the entire year!

This is Amir, Parker's best school friend.

Parker's Artwork ~ 2015, so far

Do you like how Parker even decorates thunder in Seahawks colors?

Parker's Artwork

I'm starting a new series, titled "Parker's Artwork" where I'll highlight some of the great works of art by our budding artist.

Doesn't that make it sound more elegant than "I can't keep all this stuff forever so I'll memorialize it here on the blog"

He made this ceramic pumpkin in art class and then they glazed it another day.

This one is an actual pumpkin they picked out in the field (the pre-school field, not an actual pumpkin field - super authentic) and painted, and (as he'll remind you every time) someone else put the glitter on.

More of his fall collection:

He's brought several fish home from preschool, they must have been learning something about fish or something, not that he'd ever tell me anything about what he's learning!

This painting is from the beginning of the year.  You'll notice he's using "boy colors", his favorite color currently is "boy colors", which is pretty much anything but pink & purple.

This one is from last year.  Ignore the big white tumor in the middle of his head, we spilled something on it over the summer.

This counting pumpkin managed to loose most of his pumpkin seeds on the trip home, the #'s were accurate when I saw it the first time.

This little guy is from last year as well, Easter, one would assume, again, not that he's told me anything.  Every day I pick Parker up from school and we have this conversation:

Me: How was school Parker?

Parker: Good

Me: What did you do?

Parker: Play

Me: What was your favorite part?

Parker: Snack

...great, sounds like money well spent.  (Although, we all know that we really send him to Preschool so Mama can have a few hours to herself)